diff --git a/src/kits/app/Message.cpp b/src/kits/app/Message.cpp
index bec7868652..3fd2b988b8 100644
--- a/src/kits/app/Message.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/app/Message.cpp
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ BMessage::_PrintToStream(const char* indent) const
 					break;
 
 				case B_STRING_TYPE:
-					printf("string(\"%s\", %ld bytes)\n", (char *)pointer,
-						(long)size);
+					printf("string(\"%.*s\", %ld bytes)\n", (int)size,
+						(char *)pointer, (long)size);
 					break;
 
 				case B_INT8_TYPE: